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    Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One
    Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One
    Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One
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    Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One

    By Becky Parker Geist and Vlatka Herzberg

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    Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One offers traditional and new original folktales that explore the love, joy and challenges between mothers and children. Perfect for mothers and children to read aloud, or listen to the audiobook by Becky Parker. "The stories are clear, dramatic, inviting and delicious. I love them. This is marvelous work! Bravo!" - Jay O'Callahan, Storyteller, NEA recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award National Storytelling Network.

    "Epaminondas," a traditional folktale told to Becky Parker Geist by her mother, is about a boy who tries so hard to please his mother, but can't seem to get it right. "Grandmother Moon and the Homeless Child" is a touching story about searching for home. A little blue bird and a rock child play major roles in "Abuela and the Rock People." And Louisa-May's mischievous little sister Angel causes trouble in "Mama, Angel and the Tree Dragon." In "Strawberry Moon," Mother Moon helps her daughter express herself colorfully.

    "The stories are clear, dramatic, inviting and delicious. I love them. This is marvelous work! Bravo!" -- Jay O'Callahan, Storyteller. National Endowment of the Arts recipient. Lifetime Achievement Award National Storytelling Network, Commissioned by NASA to create and perform a story in honor of NASA's fiftieth anniversary

    "A delightful collection of lovingly told and affirming stories filled with timeless magical transformations and a traditional humorous folktale -- all addressing the mother-child relationship." -- Ruth Stotter, Past Chairman, American Folklore Society Aesop Committee; Former Director, Dominican University (California) Certificate-in-Storytelling Program

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBecky Parker Geist
    Release dateDec 6, 2014
    ISBN9780986246500
    Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One
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    Becky Parker Geist

    Becky Parker Geist is the owner of Pro Audio Voices, a San Francisco based go-to company for exceptional voiceover services for audiobooks, animation, and advertising, and has been in the audiobook industry since 1981. She is in her fourth year serving as President of Bay Area Independent Publishers Assn. (BAIPA.org) Becky is the author of the Audiobook Toolkit for Authors: Your Comprehensive Guide to Recording Your Own Audiobook (http://bit.ly/AFTAsmwds) and presents frequently to author/publisher organizations. Recording under the name "Becky Parker" and with her voice reaching listeners around the globe, she serves an international clientele, fulfilling her passion of helping great stories come alive! For the Grandmother Moon book only: Vlatka and Becky met at BAIPA (Bay Area Independent Publishers Association) in Novato at the beginning of 2014. Discovering a common interest of folktales that emphasize inspiring messages, they decided to create a series of stories exploring mother-child relationships. About Vlatka Herzberg (vlatkaherzberg.com): Vlatka Herzberg is a children’s author and freelance writer who creates original folktales and myths for the child-like, aged 5 to 95. Many have called Vlatka’s short stories folk stories; some have called them myths, or pedagogical (teaching) stories. These stories were written for schools, events and individuals. Topics have included racism, gender issues, friendship, goodness, truth and beauty, forgiveness, understanding and many other emotional and spiritual topics. As a freelance writer, Vlatka has written picture books, ebooks, comic books, and adapted a spiritual story for middle readers. Vlatka is also the author of Aesop’s Fables ebook adaptations, The Brother and the Sister, The Buffoon and the Countryman, The Bear and the Two Travelers, and The Owl and the Birds, the comic book David, Software Engineer, and Ancient Stories by the Keeper of the Tales told in classrooms.

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      Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories - Becky Parker Geist

      What others are saying about Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One:

      The stories are clear, dramatic, inviting and delicious. I love them. This is marvelous work! Bravo!

      -- Jay O'Callahan, Storyteller. National Endowment of the Arts recipient. Lifetime Achievement Award National Storytelling Network

      A delightful collection of lovingly told and affirming stories filled with timeless magical transformations and a traditional humorous folktale -- all addressing the mother-child relationship.

      -- Ruth Stotter, Past Chairman, American Folklore Society Aesop Committee

      Grandmother Moon

      and Other Mother Stories

      Book One

      by

      VLATKA HERZBERG

      &

      BECKY PARKER GEIST

      Published by Pro Audio Voices & Vlatka Herzberg

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Vlatka Herzberg and Becky Parker Geist

      Text Copyright: Epaminondas 2014 Becky Parker Geist

      Text Copyrights: Grandmother Moon and the Homeless Child, Mama, Angel and the Tree Dragon, Abuela and the Rock People, and Strawberry Moon and Her Mother 2014 Vlatka Herzberg

      Illustration Copyrights: Cover, Grandmother Moon and the Homeless Child, Mama, Angel, and the Tree Dragon, Abuela and the Rock People, and Strawberry Moon and Her Mother 2014 Natasha Tasiyana Kolida

      Copyright Cover Design and Epaminondas Graphic 2014 Andy Parker

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      Table of Contents

      1 Epaminondas

      2 Grandmother Moon and the Homeless Child

      3 Mama, Angel and the Tree Dragon

      4 Abuela and the Rock People

      5 Strawberry Moon and Her Mother

      About the Authors and Illustrator

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      Dedication

      To my delightful daughters, Elise, Jes, and Jerrilee, who have always created magic in my life!

      Becky Parker Geist

      To my beautiful daughter, Natasha Tasiyana, you’re an inspiration!

      Vlatka Herzberg

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      Epaminondas

      by

      Becky Parker Geist

      Epaminondas and his mama lived out in the countryside. Out his front door, and through a grassy field and past a gurgly creek and under a stand of green trees and through a patch of gravelly dirt lived his Grammy and Grampa. Every time Epaminondas went to

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